Gibbs and Channing insurance register and documents 1798-1800

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Gibbs and Channing insurance register and documents 1798-1800

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/18783

This collection is comprised of an insurance register and various documents related to the dealings of Gibbs and Channing, a Newport, Rhode Island mercantile company. These items, which span 1798 to 1800, were recorded by New York City insurer Hugh Pollock and Company.

.2 linear feet; 2 folders

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312130

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Gibbs and Channing (Newport, R.I.)

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Channing, Walter, 1757-1827.

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Pollock, Hugh

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Hugh Pollock and Company

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Gibbs and Channing was a shipping company owned by the prominent Rhode Island merchants George Gibbs (1735-1803) and Walter Channing (1757-1827). Between 1798 and 1799, Gibbs and Channing contracted with the firm Hugh Pollock and Company to underwrite their maritime insurance policies. Hugh Pollock and Company was a partnership between New York merchants and financiers Hugh Pollock and George Pollock. From the guide to the Gibbs and Channing insurance register and docume...

Gibbs, George, 1735-1803

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